Video Games
by Steve
I’m generally late to the whole Next Big Thing party, and this is no exception. Still, I figured I’d be the 978,544th blogger to share this track from Lana Del Ray. I think it is pretty wonderful. I hope whatever follows lives up to the promise, as quite often I’ll hear a new act, get all excited and then feel disappointed when they get around to releasing an album with the same idea spun out 12 times. Then I realise I’m just a fool for hype, a video full of vintage footage and a single good song. Anyway, before disillusion (possibly) sets in, enjoy.
I figure throwing up a video or a fun picture now and then with a little bit of my rambling kind of almost nearly makes up for a lack of posts with Content. I’ll try and get in at least one Proper Post before the week is out. You lucky things.
Wait until next year 
Yeah, I don’t know what to make of this one. She’s pretty great and the production and lyrics are pretty interesting. I’m taking a wait-and-see stance on Lana Del Ray.
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It’s new to me! I can’t stream music at work but I have something to listen to when I get home.
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Apparently, she’s a bit of a fraud.
http://www.hipsterrunoff.com/altreport/2011/09/lana-del-rey-exposed-b4-she-was-alt-she-was-failed-mnstrm-artist-without-fake-lips.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+HipsterRunoff+%28HIPSTER+RUNOFF%29
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Hah! Some nice investigative work there.
I did have my suspicions over the whole “trailer park girl puts video up on YouTube” backstory, and I’m pretty sure her recent Pitchfork interview referenced her past life in the music industry.
For now I’m happy to just enjoy the song and see what follows. I would suggest that every single act is manufactured to some degree or another. Lana Del Ray being some sort of evil corporate creation just makes the tale more interesting to me, at least for now. If the follow-up songs aren’t as good I’ll soon lose interest.
I do fear for the kind of audience she is going to attract, though. I imagine a girl who has something of a young Angelina Jolie about her singing about video games is going to attract a pretty creepy demographic.
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Investigative work? It just popped up in my Google Reader. All that said, the song is pretty great and her performance is solid. The only thing that bothers me is the lip injections. But whatev.
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How does releasing a single on YouTube or changing her performance name constitutes fraud?
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I think it’s supposed to be satirical.
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I never understood Hipster Runoff.
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I don’t understand the lip injections or Hipster Runoff. Both make me feel a little queasy.
Still, I’m thinking The Lana Del Ray Story will make an awesome TV movie someday.
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I understand the lip injections. Hubba hubba!
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